git-editor.md

Set up git editor

The main command is:

git config --global core.editor "path to your editor with params"

Set up an editor and check it by making a commit:

git commit --allow-empty

Your favourite editor should open. Write commit message, save and close file. See git log to look for a commit. Is it there? If yes, you’re awesome.

Windows, VS Code

Make sure you selected ‘Add to PATH’ during the installation.

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

Windows, Atom

git config --global core.editor "atom --new-window --foreground --wait"

Windows, Sublime Text 3

 git config --global core.editor "'c:/program files/sublime text 3/subl.exe' -w"

Windows, Notepad++

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"

macOS, VS Code

Select Shell Command: Install 'Code' command in path from the Command Palette. Then run:

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

macOS, TextEdit

git config --global core.editor "open -W -n"

macOS, Atom

git config --global core.editor "atom --wait"

macOS, Sublime Text 3

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"

or

git config --global core.editor '"/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" -n -w'

Windows - Far manager

Far.exe -co -e0:0

In case you have enabled saving of edited file position, 0:0 parameters to -e switch will reset the position to column 0, row 0 (i.e. the beginning of the document, what we usually want with commit message editor).
-co (load cached plugins only) is recommended for performance purposes. Far won't rescan the plugins directory, thus saving what little time it could.